A neurobiological work in progress

Category: Suicide

Lets get the disclosure out of the way, for those of you who haven't 'met' me here yet. I am not a suicidal teenage girl. I am a fifty year old woman with decades of perspective on life and the fact that it does get better. I'm a mom, and I think like one, and … Continue reading What “13 Reasons Why” got absolutely right.

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I've been tossing this idea around again, as I've been noticing the telltale signs of creeping depression. Brief ones, yes. Muted, yes. But definite, like a little beckoning echo in the water that sneaks closer and closer on the wind. Pretty soon, it will cocoon me again, like a cool fountain mist on a blistering day. I … Continue reading Trigger Warning: Suicide

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We had a 3:00 am visit from the eleven year old overnight. She had a dream that the car went off a bridge and she had to break the windows, cut the seat belts, swim her four year old brother to the surface. When she came back for me, she cut me loose, and said, … Continue reading Well.

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Where to begin? I can't be the only one who feels this way. I know this because others do, in fact, commit suicide. So there's lots of company out there. Or was. Do I have a plan? Yeah. Lots of them. 11 blade in the backpack, secluded parking space in the woods. CO in … Continue reading What’s going on…..